The Portugalist is a blog about travel and living in Portugal. James Cave founded the blog in 2016 to create travel content for people interested in visiting the country’s many tourist attractions. But over the last few years, there has been a shift towards helping people who want to move […]
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Peter Santenello is an apolitical YouTube creator focusing on travel and people. His videos document the lives of people that live in less-visited countries. Peter travels to places that are generally misunderstood in the West and documents regular people, giving a voice to those that rarely get a chance to
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For my second and much longer travels in Georgia, I decided to go head first into learning the language. It’s an interesting, beautiful, and ancient language. It’s also a difficult language for beginners, having it’s own unique alphabet and less than 4 million native speakers. Most young people in Georgia
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June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018 An ode to Anthony Bourdain – traveler, ambassador for good, honest food, and one of the great storytellers. I was in the Philippines when I learned about Anthony Bourdain’s passing. Bourdain loved this country for its delicious food and fascinating culture. The people
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The last few years haven’t been the best for the travel writing industry. The pandemic shut down travel and turned off the tap of income for many travel writers and bloggers. At the same time, books about travel continued to sell (albeit in smaller numbers) as people daydreamed about taking
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I often travel with two smartphones when I’m living abroad for an extended period of time. I used to think it was a waste, but actually, there are many benefits to doing this. Let me explain why I feel two smartphones can benefit even minimalistic digital nomads. Here’s an interesting
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Georgia should be high on your list of places to visit. If it’s not already on your bucket list, add it to the top 10. Thank me later. This small country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia is not particularly well known. The fact that most people can’t recognize it
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Hated by some for the inconvenience and expense, welcomed by others as a chance to travel to another country, however briefly, visa runs are common “procedures” that long-term travelers do when they want to remain in a country legally. A visa run is when a non-citizen of country A travels
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I’m a travel writer and I run an SEO business. For years, I kept falling back into the trap of always writing keyword-driven content. I’d spend ages looking at what competitors had written and how I could improve upon their posts. I’d frown at bloggers echoing each other. And then
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Ukraine is a fascinating place sandwiched between Russia and Europe. The last massive buffer zone between the European bloc and the growing world powers of the world’s biggest country. With a long history of settlement stretching back over 30,000 years and centuries of wars with invaders, Ukraine’s lands have been
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